Biography

Rupert is an Associate at the Institute for New Economic Thinking and an Honorary Research Associate at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford.

He has a PhD in mathematics, and his current research focuses on energy system modelling, technology forecasting, innovation and technological change, portfolio analysis, decision making under uncertainty, and understanding strategies for accelerating the sustainable energy transition.

Broader interests also include physics, complex systems, political and financial networks, and sustainability.

Recent Publications

Aug 2024
Journal
The need for better statistical testing in data-driven energy technology modeling
in Joule
Lennart Baumgärtner ,  Rupert Way ,  Matthew Ives ,  J. Doyne Farmer
Dec 2023
Working Paper
Oct 2023
Briefing
Sept 2022
Journal
Empirically grounded technology forecasts and the energy transition
in Joule
Rupert Way ,  Matthew Ives ,  Penny Mealy ,  J. Doyne Farmer
Sept 2021
INET Working Paper
No. 2021-01 - Empirically grounded technology forecasts and the energy transition
Rupert Way ,  Penny Mealy ,  J. Doyne Farmer ,  Matthew Ives
Jul 2021
Journal
Comparing expert elicitation and model-based probabilistic technology cost forecasts for the energy transition
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Jing Meng ,  Rupert Way ,  Elena Verdolini ,  Laura Diaz Anadon
Apr 2021
Report
A new perspective on decarbonising the global energy system
Matthew Ives ,  Luca Righetti ,  Johanna Schiele ,  Kris De Meyer ,  Lucy Hubble-Rose ,  Fei Teng ,  Lucas Kruitwagen ,  Leah Tillmann-Morris ,  Tianpeng Wang ,  Rupert Way ,  Cameron Hepburn
Apr 2019
Journal
Sensitive intervention points in the post-carbon transition
in Science
J. Doyne Farmer ,  Cameron Hepburn ,  Matthew Ives ,  Thomas Hale ,  Thom Wetzer ,  Penny Mealy ,  Ryan Rafaty ,  Sugandha Srivastav ,  Rupert Way
Apr 2019
Journal
Wright meets Markowitz: How standard portfolio theory changes when assets are technologies following experience curves
in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
J. Doyne Farmer ,  Fabrizio Lillo ,  François Lafond ,  Rupert Way ,  Valentyn Panchenko